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Fresh and Onlys
Yeah, Ty Segall moved to LA and Thee Oh Sees are on an indefinite hiatus, but chin up! The Fresh and Onlys aren't going anywhere. Keeping the SF garage rock scene alive, these hometown heroes are tireless, performing almost constantly around the city since their inception in 2008. Sure, you've seen 'em before and you'll probably see 'em again, but this is prime: headlining the city's greatest (and most fitting) down n' dirty rock club as a part of Noise Pop, the city's greatest (and most affordable!) arts festival. And if you haven't seen 'em before, get on it! These dudes can write a catchy tune with just the right amount of melancholy like nobody's business. (Haley Zaremba)
With Sandy's
8pm, $14
Brick and Mortar Music Hall
1710 Mission, SF
(415) 800-8782
Com Truise
It is only fitting that Com Truise embarks on a national tour at the same time the new RoboCop film is in movie theaters. Both the electronic funk producer and the futuristic peace officer are products of the '80s, borrow heavily from the era, rely on shiny technological weaponry, and owe a shout-out to Michigan. Since 2010, Ann Arbor's trendy Ghostly International label has championed Truise's artistic exploits, including the shimmering Wave 1 EP released this year. Truise concocts muddled, vintage, bass-heavy synthwave, the type of emphatic sound that might arise if Joy Division or New Order were selected for RoboCop reprogramming. (Kevin Lee)
With Phantoms, Kauf, DJ Dials
9pm, $19
444 Jessie, SF
(415) 625-8880
Forget the music, watching Jel repeatedly punch drum machine pads and twist sampler knobs on bulky, last-gen machinery would be worth the price of admission. The East Bay-based electronic hip-hop producer manages to keep his appendages intact while stabbing out a dizzying array of kick drums, snares and percussion in ever-shifting breakbeat arrangements and tempos. On his latest LP, Late Pass (Anticon), Jel balances bass with shoegaze melodies, hints of psychedelia, electric guitar chords and some of his own emceeing. In line with the political undertones throughout the album ("Don't get comfortable," the title track advises), this show marks the two-year anniversary of the San Francisco Patient and Resource Center, a medical cannabis nonprofit. (Lee)
With Maus Haus, Grown Kids Radio DJs
7pm-10 pm, free (RSVP required for non-Noise Pop badge holders)
1256 Mission, SF
(415) 252-7727
It won't surprise anyone to learn that Bleached's Clavin sisters are longtime friends of Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino. Bleached dishes out the same brand of blissed-out, beach-blonde pop morsels that has been pouring out of Southern California (San Fernando Valley, in the Clavins' case) for the past few years. This isn't to say that there's nothing special about this sister act: The Clavins have an amazing aptitude for earworms and feel-good noises paired with feel-bad lyrics, and Bleached's recent debut album establishes that the band is not to be dismissed as one of the crowd — the sisters have been sneaking into punk shows and honing their musical chops for years, and it shows. (Zaremba)
With Terry Malts, Mystic Braves, Tropical Popsicle
8:30pm, $15
Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell, SF
(415) 861-2011
Other Minds Festival
What do jazz saxophone legend Roscoe Mitchell, experimental composer Joseph Byrd, and an African grey parrot have in common? They're all sharing a bill at the 19th annual Other Minds Festival, a two-day celebration of avant-garde music, taking place for the first time at the SFJAZZ Center. This year's festival also includes performances by award-winning pianist Myra Melford, the premiere of synthesizer superstar Donald Buchla's Drop by Drop, and a specially commissioned performance of Roscoe Mitchell's Nonaah for four bass saxophones — a rare instrument in its own right. The LA Times calls this the "West Coast's premier festival of new music," so if you're not afraid to get a little out there, this is the place to be. (Emma Silvers)
8pm, Fri/28 – Sat/1, $25-$65
SFJAZZ Center
201 Franklin, SF
(866) 920-5299
James Bond
While most people are probably familiar with James Bond as a character from the film and literary worlds, the iconic spy has also had his danger- and damsel-filled missions and adventures featured in comics and newspaper strips around the globe. Suit up and join Alan J. Porter, author of the book James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007, for a discussion and slideshow highlighting the secret agent's other realm of action. Cartoon Art Museum chairman Ron Evans and artist Mike Capozzola will host this evening's festivities, which will also include a look at vintage Bond memorabilia, prizes, an auction, and of course, martinis — shaken, not stirred, naturally. (Sean McCourt)
7:30-9:30pm, $7
Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission St, SF
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Perhaps Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. should transition into full-time DJ work. On one track of their new (and free to download) mixtape Produce Vol. 1, indie rockers Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott cheekily layer vocals from both the Notorious BIG and the Beach Boys over 16-bit video game beats, creating an unexpected and playful mashup. "Beach Blanket Biggie" epitomizes the irreverent approach and wide-ranging musical influences of the Detroit-based duo. Their sophomore LP The Speed of Things (Warner Bros. Records) collects bright vocals, moody folk, electronically shifted acoustic samples, and a splash of uptempo synth-pop, as evidenced by the recent single "If You Didn't See Me [Then You Weren't On The Dancefloor]". (Lee)
With Chad Valley
9 pm, $20
The Fillmore
1805 Geary, SF
(415) 346-6000
Afrika Bambaataa
Without Afrika Bambaataa, hip-hop as we know it would not have existed; he is credited for coining the term "hip-hop" back in 1982, more than three decades ago. That same year, Bambaataa released his seminal single "Planet Rock," a daring electrofunk track featuring vocoders and synthesizers that transformed rap and electronic music genres. Part of the hip-hop patriarch's staying power can be attributed to the connections he fostered in the '70s and '80s, when he hosted gatherings to promote peace and social change, and shaped a generation of artists. Continuing to DJ and produce tracks that mix funk, breaks, fusion, and rock also helps to ensure fans that hip-hop's godfather isn't going anywhere. (Lee)
With DJ Jahi
10:30 pm, $26
Yoshi's San Francisco
1330 Fillmore, SF
(415) 655-5600
SF History Expo
With the city by the Bay going through yet another period of transformation, now is the perfect time to look back on its incredible history and learn some of the stories that shaped the modern metropolis we know and love today. The 2014 San Francisco History Expo will feature more than 50 exhibitors creating special "mini-museums" and booths onsite, along with a variety of presentations, films, displays, and more — all taking place at the Old Mint, one of the few buildings to survive the earthquake and fire of 1906. (Sean McCourt)
$5, 11am-5pm Sat, 11am-4pm Sun
The Old Mint 88 5th St, SF
Isness Productions Presents First Sundays Yoga
Who's trying to get downward dog tonight? For those who like to get down on the dance floor as well as on their yoga mats, head to the Regency for an evening of yoga, live music, organic food, eco-vending and holistic healing. Isness Productions' Scott Franklin Manning has been using music as a healing power and a means to break down barriers since the '90s, but this event marks the grand opening of his First Sundays gatherings. Practice yoga with two Yoga Tree instructors, Laura Burkhart and writer/spiritual man-about-town Mark Morford, with an electronic soundtrack by DJ Little John. Later on, DJ Garth will start the dance party, followed by an all-vinyl set by Wicked Sound System. The all-ages event will also feature a yoga class for kids and holistic activities from tarot reading to collective chair massages and an organic tea and raw chocolate lounge. As if it couldn't get anymore wholesome, 100 percent of the proceeds fund school garden projects in San Francisco. (Laura B. Childs)
3pm – 9pm, $35
The Regency
1290 Sutter, SF
Murder in Pigalle launch party with Cara Black
French private investigator (and magnet for trouble) Aimée Leduc is back at it again in Murder in Pigalle. San Francisco Library Laureate and best-selling author Cara Black celebrates her latest installment in the French mystery series with a book reading and signing. Inspired by a true-crime story during the summer of 1998, Murder in Pigalle follows Aimée Leduc as she tries to slow down her hectic lifestyle — until a serial rapist wreaks havoc on Paris' Pigalle neighborhood. When the criminal strikes too close to home, Aimée can't help but become involved. The suspense will leave you au bout de souffle. (Childs)
3pm, free
Books Inc. at Laurel Village
3515 California, SF
Marshall Elementary School Second Annual Best Tamales Contest
There are few Central American delicacies as exceptional as the tamale. Wrapped up like a present, the masa dish can be filled with gooey cheeses, spiced meats, or an assortment of veggies. But what makes a tamale the best tamale? Marshall Elementary School is a on a quest to find el major tamale de la Mission. After its immense success last year, the tamale contest will once again bring the community together to help raise money for the underfunded school. Parents of students and the school's Mission neighbors will cook up a variety of homemade tamales based on their places of origin, ranging from the Yucatan to right here in San Francisco. Expect tastes from many other regions of Mexico and Latin America as well! (Childs)
6pm – 8pm, $30
Roosevelt Tamale Parlor
2817 24th St, SF
Tosca is the sound you hear in a dimly-lit lounge, resplendent with plush velvet seats and sensual wisps of scented candle smoke. Austrian downtempo luminaries Richard Dorfmeister and Rubert Hubert make a rare foray this side of the Atlantic with a six-stop trip through North America. Sophomore studio album Suzuki (!K7 Recordings) remains a gold standard in the lounge music genre, as refreshingly lush and catchy today as when it was released at the turn of the millennium. Their newest LP, Odeon, is a vocal-laden voyage that entices listeners through layered atmospherics and dramatic tones. This live performance will feature the longtime pair alternating between piano and electronics, accompanied by vocalists and visuals from Austria's Ars Electronica Futurelab. (Lee)
With Cath Coffey and Robert Gallagher
8pm, $35
The Independent
628 Divisadero, SF (415) 771-1421
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Tango for complete Beginners to Tango - Requires no prior dance experience - two 10 week course which covers Fundamentals of close embrace, walk, ochos, parallel & cross systems.
Instructor: Pedro Alvarez - Australian Tango Champion
Extra class rate: prepaid students of 5 week courses are entitled to attend additional class/es (same or lower level) in the same week for only $10 per class at Bondi Beach venue.
Course rate $100 for five weeks. Casual rates are $25 per class or $10 if attended as an extra class. *Special 50% discount rate for new students for first 5 week course - 2 for the price of 1 !!
Patio de Tango Levels Guide:
Level 1 -10 weeks - Intro to Tango/Beginners- those who have never tried tango or want to refresh skill
Level 2- 30 weeks - Intermediate - those who have completed Level 1 at Patio de Tango or the equivalent
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Contact Pedro: 0418 219 188
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I don't know how to resolve a problem, but I don't want the answer since I'm almost going to have it resolved.
What the problem says is we have 85 liters of water at 7ºC in an iron pot of 29kg. We want the water to be at 86ºC. The temperature of the iron pot is 12ºC. The water is heated by fire wood (65% of the thermal energy is wasted in combustion), and has a heating value of 12 MJ/kg. We need to determine the amount of wood needed to heat the water.
I would apply the normal formula of energy transfer: m1*c1*(t2-t1)=m2*c2*(t2-t1). But since we are using fire wood there, I don't know how to resolve this problem, probably because I'm missing something there... and I don't know what should I do.
Which formula or principle would I need to use when having the material and the heating value of the material used?


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Finally, Vegan BB Cream!
BB creams are all the rage! I feel like this beauty product is stalking me on the Internet (good to know my cookies are working). *pause* What the fcuk is BB cream? —It basically stands for Beauty Balm, and it's a multi-functional, all-in-one moisturizer/anti-aging serum/primer/foundation/sunblock. You can wear it alone as a tinted moisturizer, as foundation, and/or under finishing powder ← how I like to rock it.
Even though the race is on for the latest and greatest BB cream, there's only one vegan version that I know of that isn't loaded with chemicals, parabens and preservatives—derma e's BB Crème! Everything in derma e's line is paraben-free, phthalate-free, and nothing contains sodium lauryl sulfates, petrolatum, mineral oil, or artificial colors. Also, their entire line is 100% vegan, cruelty-free, and manufactured with wind energy. ♥ ♥ ♥ And as a side note, derma e makes my FAVORITE anti-aging products evah, and you know how obsessed I am with those!! 😉
Evenly Radiant BB Crème (on sale for $34.50) does all of this awesome stuff right here:
- Conceals – This lightweight formula helps hide imperfections and evens skin tone (available in light and medium tints).
- Brightens – Active plant stem cells, peptides, and antioxidants (sourced from Green Tea, and Vitamins C and E) revitalize skin.
- Moisturizes – It's infused with long-lasting hydration.
- Protects – It contains SPF 25, which helps fight wrinkles.
I used this BB Creme (light tint, as swatched above) in my latest YouTube video because I knew it was gonna give me maximum coverage—and it did. I'm madly in love with this product! And think about it… it doesn't make sense to have a "time-and-skin-saving" BB cream if it's loaded with ick ingredients like all the conventional brands. Choose one thats's actually good for your skin!
If you know of any other BB creams that are vegan and non-toxic, please let me know! 🙂 xx
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Pacifica makes a vegan Cruelty free bb crème and a serum foundation. The BB cream only comes in one color unfortunately. But the foundation has 3 shades, I believe.
Does this product contain soy?
Arbonne's CC Cream is bonkers! Sealed with mattifying powder if u have oily skin, does the trick
I have not tried any bb creams even though it is already a trend. It seems nice to have enough coverage and have some benefits too. And the vegan bb cream sounds so good. I like products that are organic and natural. I wish I can find a cheaper alternative to derma e bb cream.
I recently discovered that while the Body Shop offers vegan products, its parent company is not vegan. Food for thought, if that matters to people.
I own the Devita tint and although I do love the coverage it is a bit drying and matte for my taste plus it made me breakout 🙁
There is one from a Canadian company called Haute Minerals that I have tried and absolutely loved! Unfortunately it is pricey and is super tiny but a little goes a long way. If you're not on a budget it's definitely worth trying.
Hey there, how do you find this in comparison with Arbonne – RE9 Advanced? I'm vegan and use RE9 and love it.. just curious as I don't know anyone personally that's used this BB cream.
Thankyousomuch 🙂 <3
i have tried the arbonne CC cream, i have to put a powder on top of it because its so greasy looking and it seems to be breaking me out. but that's just my skin
How would you say this BB cream was in terms of oiliness/greasiness? I noticed it's got a few good-for-you oils in it, and I know they're there to moisturize, but I'm nervous about my face looking greasy after applying this!
Andalou Naturals offers two BB Creams which are Non-GMO Project verified, vegan, and gluten free. Uniquely formulated with fruit stem cells, both products boost cellular repair, renewal, and regeneration while offering chemical free, non-nano sunscreen protection.
All-in-One Beauty Balm Sheer Tint with SPF30 http://andalou.com/index.php/skin-care/facial-spf/all-in-one-beauty-balm-sheer-tint-with-spf-30.html
Oil Control Beauty Balm Un-Tinted with SPF 30
I would recommend the Devita moisture tints, although they only come in 3 shades.
Guys this is on sale right now on Lucky Vitamin! http://www.luckyvitamin.com/p-408578-derma-e-evenly-radiant-bb-creme-multi-functional-mineral-beauty-balm-fragrance-free-light-tint-25-spf-2-oz-lucky-deal
Have you tried the body shop one?
How does this compare to Suntegrity's "5 In 1" Natural Moisturizing Face Sunscreen? It's a tinted moisturizer with spf. Haven't tried it myself, but have you heard of it?
There is a fantastic vegan BB cream available in Australia from Nude By Nature: http://paintedinblack.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/nude-by-nature-bb-5-in-1-miracle-cream-50ml/
I believe Jane Iredale's Glow Time Full Coverage BB Cream is also vegan and it comes in 6 shades.


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Serious Green: Turn Your Lawn Into an Edible Garden
By now it's pretty obvious that pesticides have a negative impact on our environment and a negative impact on our bodies. Maybe you already make an effort to buy organic food and cosmetics without chemicals, but have you thought about the impact of chemicals that you are applying to your lawn?
There's no denying that Americans have a love affair with their lawns. Houses, each with their own plot of green, green grass, are an indelible image of American suburbia. However, by demanding that our lawns stay green and spot-free year round, we are collectively doing some serious damage.
When we put pesticides onto our lawns they run off into sewers, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Consequently, we end up drinking pesticides in our water, breathing them in our air, or (if you're a kid or a fun-loving adult) rolling around in pesticides when you take a spin down a hill and then maybe getting a rash. Trust me—it happened at my college when the university got a little over-enthusiastic about keeping the center of campus green. Besides the negative impact of pesticides, more water is used on household lawns every year in the US than on corn or wheat crops. With widespread water shortages in many cities around the US, our idea about what constitutes a lawn is going to have to change.
A great, 27-minute long documentary Gimme Green goes into these issues in more depth. You can watch the trailer here.
To reduce pesticides you can learn to love dandelions or instead, rip up that turf and plant some veggies in its place. Of course, there are fake lawn alternatives and options such as native grasses, groundcover, or clover. But doesn't covering your lawn in a different type of green just perpetuate the idea that a flat green plane is what we as Americans must have in our front yards? By planting edibles, you'll having something in your front yard that is beautiful, does not require mowing, and that you can munch on!
If you're not ready to chuck your turf for a full-on edible landscape, you can start with small changes. Think about replacing a flowering bush with a blueberry bush or a small corner patch of grass with some herbs. Two great resources to get you started are Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community and Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn.
If you're worried that your neighbors might be offended by the sight of your newly bountiful lawn, I'm sure they'll be won over with a gift of the most local tomatoes (or blueberries or squash or cucumbers) of all: the ones that come from your own front yard.
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Justin Bieber's monkey becomes German property
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FILE - In this April 2, 2013 file picture, Capuchin monkey "Mally" sits on the head of an employee in an animal shelter in Munich, Germany. Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs March 28 when Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal after landing in Munich. He said the customs authority will formally transfer ownership of the animal to the German state on Tuesday May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)


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Members' Brasserie
At the Members' Brasserie you can help yourself to our hot and cold buffet.
Members are spoilt for choice with a mouth-watering array of restaurants and cafes from fine dining to footy fare. And with all menus created by our Executive Chef - John Deane, every visit to ANZ Stadium promises fresh delights.
At the Members' Brasserie you can help yourself to our hot and cold buffet.
The Members' Lounge is an exclusive area offering you the very best facilities with easy access to your seats.
The Members' Restaurant is available to all Members and their guests.
The Member Terraces give an unbeatable position overlooking the field.
The Stadium Cafe is open to all Members and their guests and serves bistro favourites in a relaxed environment.
Our baristas are ready to serve your favourite espresso, tea and hot chocolate.
Choose from a selection of Vili's savoury gourmet pies from the bakery to you!


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From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
Flickr user [fluxa] put an Arduino board to work outputting control voltage to a DIY SoundLab synthesizer.
While the PC software has yet to be released, the Arduino code is pretty straightforward – using a pulse width modulated output through a simple resistor/capacitor filter. – CVAirSequencer Project on Flickr
Hmm … If that R/C filter slows down response time too much, one could always use a simple SPI or R2R DAC, and forego the PWM altogether.


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Friday 25 January
|Histiophryne (1)
The weird and wonderful psychedelic frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica) was first described in 2009 (3), following its discovery in Indonesia in 2008 (1) (4). With vivid stripes of bluish-green, white and yellowish-orange (4), this strange-looking fish is a type of anglerfish (a species in the order Lophiiformes). However, unlike most in this order, and indeed its own family of frogfish, the psychedelic frogfish is unusual in not having a lure growing from its forehead (5). In other anglerfish, the lure is a fleshy, modified dorsal fin spine that the anglerfish uses as 'bait' to attract prey (6). The psychedelic frogfish also has forward-facing eyes on its flattened face, a trait not seen before in frogfish, and which is rare among fish in general (5).
The broad face of the psychedelic frogfish has an expanded, fleshy chin and cheeks (1) (7), giving it the appearance of a lion's mane (8). This species also has a large, gaping mouth (9). Its body has thick skin with many folds (5), and its tail is slightly off-centre (9). As in other frogfish, the pectoral fins on each side of the psychedelic frogfish's body have evolved to be more like legs than fins (2) (3). The fish also has three spines along its back (7).
Like other anglerfish, the psychedelic frogfish prefers to 'walk' rather than swim, using its leg-like pectoral fins. The fish also appears to 'hop', using the fins to push off when it hits the sea floor and expelling water from the gill openings as it does so to propel it forward (5). The tail is curled to one side, sending the fish in unpredictable directions as it pushes off the sea floor (4). No other frogfish or similar species have so far been observed to 'hop' in the manner of the psychedelic frogfish, although using the pectoral fins to push off prior to swimming is common (5).
Anglerfish generally have the ability to change colour and become camouflaged against their surroundings to stay hidden from prey attracted by their lure. In contrast, the psychedelic frogfish's lurid colouring does not change, which appears to be reflected in its behaviour as it is a shy and elusive species, hiding itself away. This is presumably due to its inability to become camouflaged in the open. Researchers speculate that the psychedelic frogfish's flamboyant colouring may be a way for the fish to mimic the corals within its habitat (5). Each individual psychedelic frogfish can be identified by its unique pattern of stripes and concentric rings (5) (7).
With no lure or camouflage, the psychedelic frogfish instead catches its prey by concealing itself tightly in coral crevices where small fish hide (2). Its thick skin serves to protect it from the sharp edges of coral as it wedges itself between the tiny cracks (5).
The psychedelic frogfish originates from Ambon Island in the Indonesian archipelago (4).
The psychedelic frogfish was discovered in the coral reef of Ambon Harbour, Indonesia, at depths of 5 to 7 metres, and within 100 metres of a commercial pier. Individuals hide among coral debris covered in algae, sponges and ascidian species. The reef itself is highly polluted with human refuse (7).
The psychedelic frogfish is not yet classified on the IUCN Red List.
There are no known specific conservation measures for the psychedelic frogfish at present.
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Special feature: Texas death row DNA case
Part #1: The Arguments
— "Why don't they just test the damned evidence?"
The day of death had arrived. Wednesday, March 24. A light rain began to fall as the prison van transported Henry Skinner to Huntsville.
Skinner writes: Damn, what a bunch of guns. You ain't never seen so many high tech weapons in your life. Red necks flaunting their toys. All down the gauntlet were all kinds of officers, civilian personnel, all lined up to see me off. It was easy to tell who was supportive, who was sad to see what was happening and who had the hater attitude ("Die, Skinner, die!"). I just kept my head high and laughed.
Unfortunately this execution was to occur on Lt Raymond Duff's card and no sooner had I come out of the visit booth than he started in with his Robocop routine, trying to show off for the warden and some of the assembled Huntsville brass, jerking around on me, clamping the shackles and cuffs on overly officiously. We had a few tense moments when he tried to twist me around in the visit cage while my legs were stuck between the bench and the wall, nearly broke my ankles.
Back through the gauntlet of gawkers. Most of them looked like a pack of buzzards on a power line just waiting on som' to die. Sad but true.
My lawyers kept telling me I had some chance in the Supreme Court; but you know, all the courts to consider my case so far have turned it down on spurious grounds. The Fed Magistrate's "Findings" in 2006 were a joke. The CCA's Chapter 64 rulings on DNA were worse. The 5th circuit's ruling in July last year was so against the weight of their own prior precedents, I guarantee you Judge Jerry Smith could not look me in the eye with a straight face and justify their idiotic ruling. The Parole Board's denial of a recommendation for commutation or reprieve was laughable. So I fully expected to die. I did not expect zip out of the Supreme Court or Governor Perry.
The urgent call came at 5:15 p.m., forty-five minutes before Henry Skinner was scheduled to die for the brutal 1993 murders in Pampa, Texas of his live-in girlfriend Twila Busby and her two sons.
"Hello, Hank," attorney Doug Robinson yelled excitedly into the phone outside Huntsville's death chamber. "You have the most uncanny sense of timing of anyone I know. We just got word the Supreme Court granted you a stay!"
Forty-seven-year-old Hank Skinner would have been the fifth person executed in Texas this year, and the near-death experience rattled him for weeks. "Once you really prepare yourself for death and are convinced of it happening, it seems difficult to come back to life. I still feel death's bony digits clutching at my shoulders, trying to pull me down and over into the abyss."
Now he is hopeful again. On October 13, a new battle over post-conviction DNA testing begins as the Supreme Court hears arguments in Skinner v. Switzer. Alaska prosecutors won the last round in 2009, when the Justices "" by a vote of five to four ""ruled that convicted rapist William Osborne had no constitutional right to obtain access to the state's evidence for DNA testing.
Skinner's pro bono lawyers "" Doug Robinson and Rob Owen "" are not discouraged by the Osborne ruling, which they believe left a door open to challenge what they claim were "inadequate and unfairly administered state procedures."
"We look forward to the opportunity to persuade the court that if a state official arbitrarily denies a prisoner access to evidence for DNA testing," Owen told the Texas Tribune in May, "the prisoner should be allowed to challenge that decision in a federal civil rights lawsuit."
Texas prosecutors argue that Skinner did not meet a key requirement "" sufficient evidence to establish his innocence "" to be eligible for additional testing under the state's 2001 post-conviction DNA law. What's more, they say, he already had his chance to have the evidence tested at his original trial, but chose not to. The time to contest his conviction is over, they insist. (See Post 2 – Crimes and Doubts)
There is plenty of biological evidence left to test from the grisly crime scene: vaginal swabs, fingernail scrapings, two bloody knives, and hairs found clutched in Busby's fingers. So it is tempting to state what seems obvious: when a man's life or death depends on it, and the evidence still exists, why not just test it?
I wanted to ask Gray County District Attorney Lynn Switzer, who controls access to the evidence that question. Her predecessor, D.A. John Mann (now deceased) prosecuted Skinner at his original trial in 1995. Skinner himself pleaded with Switzer. "All I'm asking you, Madam, is to do the right thing and test this evidence," he wrote in a five-page letter. "All three of your predecessors in the district attorney's office have said that the evidence in my cases needs to be tested. I'm an innocent man. Don't let me die for something I didn't do, please."
Switzer wouldn't talk to me, citing the ongoing litigation, but her short answer would likely be procedure. Her attorneys "" Mark D. White and Gregory Coleman, both of whom are in private practice in Texas "" are convinced that Osborne weighs in their favor, telling the Court in their brief that it had "endorsed giving States wide latitude to devise their own statutory solutions" in problems presented by post-conviction access to DNA testing.
I spoke to Kenneth Rosenstein, the Alaska assistant attorney general who successfully argued Osborne, and he has strong advice for Skinner's lawyers. "What they should do is follow the law. The answer lies in procedure. There are mechanisms already in place for defendants to get DNA testing and they just want to make an ad hoc argument that I believe is in some sense more emotional than legal. That's not the way things work in this country."
In May, Switzer made her only public statement on the question, explaining in a letter to a local Texas television station that "there have been so many questions, speculations, allegations and outright misrepresentation in this case that it has been difficult to stand silent. . . . Skinner had a full and fair trial before a Gray County jury. He was convicted. The fact that the Supreme Court has granted Skinner's request for a final review of this matter provides an excellent opportunity for the Court to affirm that once a convicted state prisoner has had an adequate opportunity to make a due process challenge to his conviction through a habeas corpus proceeding, other post-conviction proceeds are better left to the states to handle.
"I made the decision to defend against this suit with an eye not only on Mr. Skinner's case but on past and future cases as well. I knew that there were ramifications for District Attorneys all across the state. I felt it was important to stand firm, something that is not always easy to do. If defendants are allowed to "game the system' then we will never be able to rely on the finality of the judgment entered in their cases."
In the country's ongoing wars over capital punishment, finality is a longstanding argument. To Lynn Switzer, Henry Skinner is just another guilty defendant who is gaming the system and draining it of hundreds of thousands of dollars to postpone his execution.
The emergence of DNA testing, however, "turned that old notion of finality on its head," says Nina Morrison, staff attorney for New York's Innocence Project who worked on Skinner's court briefs. "When staggering numbers of people were proven conclusively innocent of crimes they didn't commit, a lot of people said, wait a minute, what kind of finality are we talking about if we're talking about executing people who might be innocent. That may not be the finality we were bargaining for. And maybe we do need to rethink this notion of limiting access to courts or new evidence based on arbitrary time limits."
Many inside Texas believe there's much more at issue in Henry Skinner's case than just procedural questions. "You've got to know Texas to understand this case," Jeff Blackburn, founder of the Texas Innocence Project told me. "We have a deeply institutionalized culture and the most backward courts in the country that protect the government from criticism or fault at all cost." (For more see Post 3 – Inside Texas)
Then there's Henry Skinner himself.
(Post 2 – Crimes and Doubts–follows.)


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Brayan – Zachary Levi
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Logan Lerman
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Grey Damon
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Johnny Depp
Jensen Ackles
Adam Gregory
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Amanda Seyfried
Carrie Underwood
Emma Stone (with blond hair)
Beau – Liv's handsome Guardian Spirit and possible love interest.
Belinda – Brayan's feisty Guardian Spirit.
Hala – The Great Spirit. He appears to be a child of 7 or 8 years of age but he is as old as the universe. He is the creator of all spirits.
The Souls for Stars Giveaway kicks off its second week today and will wind down at the end of the month. Stay tuned! Each week you will receive a new casting call and additional chances to earn more points!!!
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Records detail final conversation between salon shooter, wife
WISN 12 News reporter Colleen Henry has uncovered the final conversation between Azana Salon and Spa shooter Radcliffe Haughton and his estranged wife, Zina.
The couple was in court last week, and the hearing was recorded.
Early in October, Zina Haughton filed a request for a restraining order. Both she and her husband appeared at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on Thursday.
Zina Haughton brought a lawyer. Radcliffe Haughton acted as his own attorney, and at times, cross-examined his own wife.
Their testimony -- recorded by the court -- details the breakdown of their marriage and Zina Haughton's deep fear for her life.
To her clients, Zina Haughton was the consummate beauty professional, but her appearance in Milwaukee County court painted a frightening picture of her private life.
"For 20 years, we've fought. He's hit me. We've fought. But since May 29, the evening that he thinks I cheated on him, just the threats have gotten so bad, and like I said, I don't want to die," Zina Haughton said in court.
"The scariest night of my life -- he ran in the basement, and he came upstairs, and he pulled a gun from behind his pants, and it accidentally went off in between me and my daughter's head, about 2 inches from both of our heads," Zina Haughton testified.
On Oct. 4, witnesses saw Radcliffe Haughton slash his wife's tires in the parking lot of Azana Salon and Spa. That's when she requested a restraining order.
"My husband thinks I'm cheating on him. He woke up really angry that morning. He was screaming. He told me I wasn't going to work that day unless I gave him all the pass codes to my phone, unless I showed him my bank statements online for the day of May 29 -- the evening that he thinks I cheated on him," Zina Haughton said.
Radcliffe Haughton's cross-examination focused on that alleged affair.
"I have been involved with Zina Haughton for most of my adult life. This is a woman that I love. Things haven't always been the best that they could have been, but I can stand before the court, stand before God and say that I love her. I love her unconditionally. This situation was brought about by infidelity," Radcliffe Haughton testified.
"I never went to the police. The police were randomly called by people who overheard fights, and I've always sent the police away because I never want … I'm not a vindictive person. I love my daughter. I loved my husband. I never wanted her to see him taken away, and I never wanted him, I never wanted him to be taken away, but things have gotten so bad, Rad. I just, we need to separate. … before you hurt me. Even if it's an accident. I don't want to die. I just don't want to die," Zina Haughton said in court.
That day, the commissioner ordered Haughton to have no contact with his wife for four years and ordered him to surrender any guns.
Radcliffe Haughton bought a gun Saturday, the day before the shooting at the spa.
Currently, no one follows up to see if people like Haughton ever surrender their guns. It's effectively the honor system.
Milwaukee County's chief judge said in coming months, courts across the state will be implementing a new follow up program.
"We're in the process of setting this new protocol that will say you have to come back to court to show you surrendered your firearms, but if they come back and say, 'I don't have any. I threw them away,' now what?" Milwaukee County Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers said. "At the end of the day, we are still in the same position. I don't know that court procedures are going to stop that."
Kremers said this new program wouldn't have changed the outcome in this case, but it's an improvement on no followup at all.


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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I have been reading a lot of new releases lately and ever since I started book blogging. It's easy, really, to get swept up in all the new, shiny book covers and new books every Tuesday. It's easy, really, to forget these books that came out last year, the year before that and the years even before that.
☂ Related blog post: Are we too into new releases?
Today, I thought I'd shine the light on some backlist books, hoping that this will inspire you to remember about these "old" books we had such a great time reading, these "old" books that deserve all the love and should, still, get some hype to this day. To be completely honest, it's also kind of a reminder to myself to read more backlist books and, boy, there is an awful ton of these books that are still waiting on my TBR to be read.
You can click on the covers to get to the goodreads page of the book!
☂ Backlist books I loved
The Forbidden Wish, Jessica Khoury
Why I recommend it 🔎 It's been a hot minute since I screamed about The Forbidden Wish, SO LET ME DO THIS RIGHT NOW. I love this book with ALL MY HEART, it's an Aladdin retelling with one incredible main character, a wonderful world-building and the writing is stunning and why isn't this more hyped, I don't know I LOVE IT AHH.
180 seconds, Jessica Park
Why I recommend it 🔎 This book has a college aged main character and I loved that, I also loved that it was an adorable love story, an interesting exploration of father/ adoptive daughter relationship, friendships and this broke my heart and made me sob SO HARD and… I loved it.
This Is How It Happened, Paula Stokes
Why I recommend it 🔎 My sister bought me this book for my birthday two years ago (I think?) and well this book is proof of how much she knows my bookish taste. This was a 5-stars read for me, with an amazing main character, a really great thought-provoking story about social media influence and just, just everything, I loved it.
Just Visiting, Dahlia Adler
Why I recommend it 🔎 Just Visiting is one of these books that really deserves way more hype than it's getting. It's perfectly tackling that moment between high school and college, friendships, complicated family relationships, it has blooming romance and sex positivity and the friendship and yes, this was such a good book okay.
Pretending to be Erica, Michelle Painchaud
Why I recommend it 🔎 This book was such a promising debut with an intriguing premise: a girl pretending to be someone else, basically. This was filled with tension and action and very, very intriguing, too from beginning to end.
Sanctuary Bay, Laura J. Burns & Melinda Metz
Why I recommend it 🔎 This has a creepy boarding school setting and I always live for this kind of setting okay. This was chilling, mysterious and addictive from beginning to end and I really loved it.
Vanishing Girls, Lauren Oliver
Why I recommend it 🔎 You know me, I'm a huge fan of everything Lauren Oliver writes. Vanishing Girls was one of these books that caught my heart and shatter me into one thousand million pieces. This has siblings at its heart, sisters, a dual POV and a suspenseful, captivating storyline that broke me.
Bittersweet, Sarah Ockler
Why I recommend it 🔎 This is one backlist, underrated contemporary book that made me warm and soft and it has cupcakes okay, that should be one big argument there for you. Add to that a cute love story, a great main character and adorable family vibes and you got this tiny little gem.
Awaken, Katie Kacvinsky
Why I recommend it 🔎 I have read a lot of dystopian books and, like the market has had its period filled with it, I had, too. If I turn to them a little less now, Awaken is one of these dystopian books that I will always love, for its story based on heavy technologies to its world-building and great characters. Sadly, it's also one of these that hasn't gotten a lot of hype and it deserves more!
The Wrath and The Dawn, Renée Ahdieh
Why I recommend it 🔎 Okay. Is this book popular? YES. Has this book actually been released in 2015? YES and I was shocked. But when I noticed, I knew I had to mention it in this list, because I love it too much not to. The characters, the gorgeous writing, everything about it is INCREDIBLE.
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I just recently got an Xbox One and it can play files from my USB Drive. I wanted to play all the Batsu games for my friends, but almost all of them have .ass subtitle files which are not read by Xbox. I have tried doing the media connect to my computer, but it uses Windows Media Player and I cannot seem to get it to use VLC. I have tried to use Virtualdub and VidCoder to put the subtitles into the videos, but neither of them worked for different reasons. Is there any way to either have the xbox one use VLC to watch subtitled files, have Xbox One read subtitle files when playing videos, or have the subtitles integrated into the video so I can watch it on Xbox One?
Try Avidemux. You may also need a codec pack like K-Lite.
Drag and drop the video onto the Avidemux window.
Change Video Output to something like Mpeg4 (x264). Click Filters > Subtitles. Double click on SSA or whatever, pick the .ass
Audio I think can be left as Copy, if not then MP3 (lame).
Output Format MP4.
Click the far left floppy disk icon at top to save the video.


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Cass McCombs Presents "Run Sister Run" Video & Making Of Documentary
Directed By Rachael Pony Cassells In Collaboration with
Indigenous Leader, Activist and Athlete Tracie Léost
Watch The Video HERE
Watch The Making Of Documentary HERE
New Album, Mangy Love, Out Now Via ANTI
Cass McCombs, "one of the greatest songwriters of our time" (New York Times), released his eight studio album, Mangy Love, this summer. Today, he presents the video for "Run Sister Run," directed by Rachael Pony Cassells and made in collaboration with young Indigenous leader, activist and athlete Tracie Léost and her family.
Born in Treaty 1 Territory of Winnipeg, Manitoba, 18-year old Léost represented her Province at the North American Indigenous Games in 2014, bringing home three bronze medals. She also brought home a very important message, which she heard from the speakers during the Games' Opening Ceremonies: "Our generation of Indigenous Youth must create change for our people. We are the generation to make change. The people were telling us we are the generation of people that are going to pick up the broken pieces because our nation of Indigenous people has been broken. That's when it hit me, standing with over 4,000 athletes from across North America, that if I want create change for North America Indigenous People, these are the people that are going to support me, but also the people that it will impact the most." That following Summer, Léost ran from her grandparents house in Oak Point, Manitoba to the Monument for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women at The Forks in Winnipeg, 115 km in 4 days to raise awareness about the ongoing national crisis. Her run gained international press and raised over $6,000 for the Winnipeg grassroots nonprofit organization, Families First Foundation, which provides financial, legal, cultural and spiritual aid to families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Read Cassells' statement about the video below, and Rebecca Bengal's interview with Cassells and Léost at VOGUE.
"'Run Sister Run' brought to my mind thoughts of great female athletes their discipline, strength and accomplishment, the ritual of preparation before a race. Women running can be a powerful political act and tool for change. Listening to 'Run Sister Run,' I remembered reading an article a friend had forwarded me about Tracie's solo 115km Journey of Hope run for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada last year. Her run was a rally cry against then Prime Minister Stephen Harper's repeated denial of a proposed public inquiry into MMIW in Canada. She was to me the embodiment of the archetype of the runner as messenger and therefore as protector. Her strength and determination is very inspiring. I remembered reading about Tracie's feet being shredded from blisters on the first day of her run and how she kept going by running a day in traditional moccasins to allow her blisters to heal. I contacted her and asked if I she would retrace her run's path for the 'Run Sister Run' video. She agreed and is such a natural leader, she also became my location producer, enlisting her whole family to help. We had almost all of her original Journey of Hope support and logistics crew involved in helping me recreate her journey for the video.
The history of women running in film contains so many images of women filmed from behind, running in fear filmed from the p.o.v of an attacker. It was important to me to not add to the visual history of women running in fear and only film Tracie running forward towards the camera looking forward, her body fearlessly reclaiming public space."
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Cass McCombs Tour Dates:
Sun. Dec. 4 - North Perth, AU @ The Rosemont
Tue. Dec. 6 - Newtown, AU @ Newtown Social Club
Thu. Dec. 8 - Melbourne, AU @ Melbourne Recital Centre
Fri. Dec. 9 - Meredith, AU @ Meredith Music Festival
Sat. Dec. 10 - Brisbane, AU @ The Zoo
Fri. Jan. 20 - Dublin, IE @ Whelan's
Sat. Jan. 21 - Galway, IE @ Roisin Dubh
Mon. Jan. 23 - Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute
Tue. Jan. 24 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Wed. Jan. 25 - Hebden Bridge, UK @ Trades Club
Thu. Jan. 26 - Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
Fri. Jan. 27 - Rouen, FR @ Museum Secq Tournelles
Sat. Jan. 28 - Cenon, FR @ Le Rocher de Palmer
Mon. Jan. 30 - San Sebastian, ES @ Donostia Kutxa Kultur Festibala
Tue. Jan. 31 - Orense, ES @ Auditorio de Orense
Wed. Feb. 1 - Ovar, PT @ Centro de Are de Ovar
Thu. Feb. 2 - Madrid, ES @ Teatro Lara
Fri. Feb. 3 - Valladolid, ES @ Sala Borja
Sat. Feb. 4 - Zaragoza, ES @ Las Armas
Sun. Feb. 5 - Barcelona, ES @ Centre Artesa Tradicionarius
Tue. Feb. 7 - Montpellier, FR @ Le Rockstore
Wed. Feb. 8 - Milan, IT @ Biko Club
Thu. Feb. 9 - Rome, IT @ Monk Club
Fri. Feb. 10 - Istanbul, TR @ Istanbul Kultur Sanat Vakfi (Salon IKSV)
Sat. Feb. 18 - Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoest
Mon. Feb. 20 - Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes
Tue. Feb. 21 - Leuven, BE @ Het Depot
Wed. Feb. 22 - Metz, FR @ Les Trinitaires
Thu. Feb. 23 - Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix
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Navigating the world of literary magazines was difficult for me in the beginning. I initially set out to publish anywhere, so desperate for publication, I actually Googled easiest literary magazines to the publish in, or something to that extent, and came across visual and literary artist's Michael Alexander Chaney's "Top Lit Mags that REALLY do Publish Emerging Authors." Some of the magazines on his list include Baltimore Review, Bayou Magazine, New England Review, River Teeth. For each one, Chaney includes short anecdotes, quotations, and descriptions--proof essentially--that these top-tier lit mags have, indeed, published emerging writers, and have given some writers their first publications.
Despite, and maybe because of that article, I became more aware of the level of prestige each journal carried, and after a few rejections from them, I decided to aim low, believing I had no chance with those big journals and, even worse, that I needed permission to submit to them. I had only just started writing, and I was in search of validation. I wanted to prove that I was a writer. I thought that's what publication meant--that an editor's acceptance letter means you are a writer. Early on, each publication provided a rush.
But as time passed, as I progressed through graduate school, and my writing continued to improve, the (mostly flash) prose that appeared in these magazines were either not up to my standards or they were essays or thinly-veiled fiction that felt too personal for online publication.
Somehow I stumbled across an article on Brevity's nonfiction blog. In "What I Wish I Knew After My MFA Ended" Writer Sarah Finnerty recounts the years following her MFA. She describes herself as a "miserable mess" because she "felt like a failure as a writer and a human being" and admits that at times she still feels that way. Now, however, she recognizes that to "try and fail and try again" doesn't mean she's a failure; she's a person. Switching to the second person, Finnerty lists nine things she would tell herself six years ago when she was finishing grad school. It's a remarkable, enlightening essay for writers of any stage.
The first thing on her list shocked me in a good way: Do not even try to get published. She's speaking to herself, sure--this is a personal essay that also aims to advise based on her own experience. Number four--"Read literary magazines and send your work to your favorites"-- struck me too, as it ties into the number one. I had not been reading these magazines. I did what she did and carpet-bombed magazines only to receive countless rejections. I also placed my raw, unpolished pieces into unprofessional journals that seemed to accept anyone who could write clear sentences.
There are plenty of gems in Finnerty's piece and I encourage you to read it, multiple times, as I have. After I first read it, I stopped submitting for a while. I didn't, however, wait until I finished my MFA to start submitting, but took a break from submitting and began to read literary journals, online and in print. During this time I found which ones I liked, and therefore which journals I wanted to house my stories and essays. In short, Finnerty's piece taught me to slow down, to write multiple drafts, to take time with my work, to focus less on publication--what's the rush?--and more on becoming a good writer.
After a couple of my stories placed in a couple of contests, in journals I admire--journals I submitted to because I'd read them and knew my work was a good fit--I looked at the reverse-alphabetical order of the publication list on my CV, and realized my that I do care where my work ends up, that what mattered, to me, wasn't that I published, but where I published, even though the journals I admire are more competitive and I published less often. This pickiness, as I see it, helps me to work as hard as possible on my stories and essays.
So. How do you to find your favorite lit mags instead of randomly picking journals to carpet-bomb
A friend of mine learned how to navigate lit mags by reviewing them for The Review Review. Becky Tuch, our Founding Editor, sends print journals to those willing to review them, though this site is in need of people to review online journals as well.
Journal of the Month is a great resource as well. You can "decide how often you want to receive magazines - every month, every other month, or once every three months - and during that period of time, you will receive a brand new literary magazine by the 10th of the month. Exactly which literary magazine you'll get is a tantalizing surprise that changes every month. And you'll never receive the same literary magazine twice."
Read used journals. Search used bookstores and libraries. Borrow journals from friends. Trade journals with friends. Read reviews here on this site.
I want to leave you with some words from writers on why and where they submit.
Meagan Cass, author of ActivAmerica (UNT Press) and editor of Shelterbelt Press:
One method I really like for finding journals is the acknowledgments sections of story collections I admire, the ones I want my work in conversation with. I look at where those stories first appeared and research from there.
Trish Hopkinson, author of Footnote (Lithic Press):
I submit because it causes me to push my work to a higher standard. It also makes me part of a writing community that I believe is so important. I choose markets for several reasons: to challenge myself (tough markets), to support feminist lit mags, to become part of the greater work of art that is an issue or anthology. I need to be part of the literary conversation that is such an amazing part of my life. Ultimately, I do what I do to be part of a grander literary community that encompasses my human condition.
Leslie Salas, Comics Editor at Sweet:
I submit my work for publication because Ira Sukrungruang told my undergrad creative writing course that "[we] weren't really writers if no one (outside of family or friends) read [our] work." That really stuck with me. A few weeks later I sent my first submission–and it was accepted. (Beginner's luck!)
I'm also going to be totally real--submitting and publishing helps me keep my job and prove that I'm qualified to teach writing. (Publish or perish is real, y'all.)
Duotrope really helps me find markets for submission. It at least points me in the right direction so I can check out the journal, review the submission guidelines, and see if I match their aesthetic. In addition, I scope out the Calls for Submissions on NewPages, Poets&Writers, and The Writers Chronicle as well as on various Facebook submission groups. I'm looking to see if I have already-existing work for a themed issue or anthology, and I always go to the website to read selections and see if what I write matches what the publish.
When I was in grad school, the literary journal I worked with traded with other journals, so we had a glorious library of physical copies I could look through for inspiration and research. Over the years, I've been lucky enough to amass my own little library of lit journals to review (mostly thanks to free copies at AWP). Thanks to all of this reading, I have a good pulse on what a lot of journals publish, and then I submit my work in tiers. I group the journals based on where they are in my wishlist (dream journals with tiny acceptance rates at the top) and I send out to the pickiest journals first, and once I hear no from all of them, then I send a new batch to the next tier, etc. If I'm frank, the wishlist is created mostly based in jealousy. If I read a journal that has SUCH GREAT WRITING that it makes me question why I even bother because everyone else is so damn talented, then I make it my goal to write something worthy of being in those writers' company.
Jen Stein Hauptmann, Assistant Editor at Rogue Agent Journal:
I'm going to be honest here – part of the reason I send things out is because I want external validation that my work is meaningful to someone. I also like to look at places people I admire are publishing, and people who write things in the same vein that I do, exploring themes, etc. I don't care about the size of the readership if I feel the artistic vision of the journal is in line with mine, or if their work constantly delights me. I also prefer not to send to journals that publish primarily white men. If the journal is making an effort to publish diverse voices, I'm more likely to submit.
—originally published by The Review Review
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Bernard Grant is a doctoral student at the University of Cincinnati, where he is a Yates Fellow. He's also received residency and fellowship support from The Anderson Center, the Jack Straw Cultural Center, Vermont Studio Center, Sundress Academy for the Arts, and Mineral School. He's the author of two prose chapbooks, Puzzle Pieces (Paper Nautilus Press) and Fly Back at Me (Sundress Publications), and his stories and essays have appeared in Crab Orchard Review, New Delta Review, and The Chicago Tribune Printers Row, among others. He currently serves as Associate Essays Editor at The Nervous Breakdown.
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10 last-minute Mother's Day gift ideas
You had a crazy busy week. Or, you just woke up from a coma. Either way, Mother's Day is just two days away and you're gift-less.
Don't worry, we've got your back. Here are 10 totally last-minute gift ideas you can run out and grab right now. Come Sunday, you'll look like the perfect daughter (or son) and no one will be the wiser. Hey, we won't tell if you won't.
Mom's the word.
1// Will Leather Goods reversible tote, $120, Roberta Oaks, 19 N. Pauahi St. 2// 'Live Together' mounted print, $65, Quince, 683 Auahi St. 3// Pure Joy Adornments chevron earrings, $82, Mikinola, Koko Marina Center. 4// Eiffel Tower bookends, $52, Magnolia, Kahala Mall. 5// Fiona Paxton studded necklace, $148.80, Collins & 8th, 560 Pensacola St., Suite 105. 6// Tartan tower espresso set, $29.80, SoHa Living, Kahala Mall. 7// Essential mask sheets with hyaluronic acid and Co-Q10, $2 each, THEFACESHOP, McCully Shopping Center. 8// Lollia bubble bath in Relax, $40, Red Pineapple, Ward Centre. 9// Mara-Mi complete tool set, $15.99, Target, 4380 Lawehana St. 10// Language silk caftan, $120, LMS Boutique, 2909 Lowrey Ave.


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Lincolnshire Police officer sacked for stealing kayak and paddles
A Lincolnshire Police officer has been sacked after he admitted stealing a kayak and a set of paddles before selling them on eBay.
Constable Andrew Hamilton was dismissed by Lincolnshire Police for gross misconduct just months after he was awarded a Chief Constable's commendation for saving a motorist's life.
It comes after the officer was convicted of two counts of theft when he appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on August 8.
The thefts related to Hamilton removing a kayak and a set of paddles from Nottingham Kayak Club which belonged to two other club members.
The items were then sold on the internet auction site, eBay.
Hamilton, who was a detective based in Grantham CID, kept the proceeds from the sale, despite knowing or believing he was not lawfully entitled to do so.
It happened between May 1 and July 9, this year.
A misconduct hearing on Wednesday, August 24 was told PC Hamilton, who did not attend the hearing, admitted the allegations and expected to be dismissed.
The public hearing was held at Lincolnshire Police headquarters in Nettleham and chaired by Chief Constable Neil Rhodes who himself awarded PC Hamilton a special commendation for bravery last year.
In giving his ruling the Chief Constable said: "I am satisfied on the balance of probabilities the officers conduct amounts to gross misconduct.
He added: "There is no place in the police service for an officer who demonstrated such unequivocal dishonesty."
In November PC Hamilton received a commendation from the Chief Constable for his role in saving a motorist who passed out at the wheel at 60mph.
Police constables Hamilton and Danielle Crompton were driving their marked patrol car along the A46 dual carriageway in June 2015 when they noticed that the driver of an Audi car which drove past them in the same direction was slumped at the wheel.
The car then hit the central reservation but continued driving.
Danielle, who was driving the patrol car, immediately accelerated and used the patrol car to bring the out-of-control Audi to a halt as it headed towards stationary traffic waiting at a roundabout.
The two officers immediately began first aid on the collapsed Audi driver until paramedics arrived.
It transpired that the man, Stephen Finney, had suffered a seizure at the wheel and has since made a full recovery.
Chief Constable Rhodes awarded the officers commendations for their keen observational skills, outstanding professionalism and swift decisive actions which prevented serious injury to the Audi driver and other road users.


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NORWALK, Ohio - IHRA competition in 1999 will feature two regions for World Championship Series competition and four regions for Bracket World Finals. WCS regions will be defined as Northern and Southern, while BWF regions will be Northern, Eastern, Southeastern, and South Central.
I. WCS Races
The "points" races, as they have come to be called, will be contested in 2 separate regions. Each region will host 8 WCS events. Exact details may be found in the IHRA Rulebook, which will be out in late December. To assist IHRA racers in planning for 1999, this is a brief outline of how the program will work.
Two Regions
1. Northern Region: Eight Events
2. Southern Region: Eight Events
1. Rules will be the same for each Region. Points will be earned in exactly the same manner. At the present, separate Regional points will not be maintained. Regional champions will not be crowned.
2. Each driver will declare a home Region the first time he/she enters a WCS event.
3. Points may be earned at the 8 races in your Region, and at up to 2 "Wild Card" races outside your Region, for a total of 10 WCS Events. The 2 "Wild Card" races, from which points will accumulate, will be the first 2 WCS Events (from outside your declared Region) you enter. You may race at addition WCS Events(outside your Region) but no additional points will be earned.
4. Points will be totaled from your best 5 finishes from 10 WCS Events and your best 6 finishes from 12 National Events.
5. Bonus Points will be earned for entering 6 WCS Events and 7 National Events.
II. BWF Races
The Bracket World Finals races will once again be sponsored by Summit Racing Equipment and presented by Sunoco Race Fuels. A fourth Region has been added to service the new tracks and racers in the South Central part of the country.
Four Regions:
1. Northern Region- Norwalk, Ohio - Norwalk Raceway Park, October 8-9, 1999. Tracks that normally compete at the Northern BWF.
2. Eastern Region- Darlington, S.C., Darlington International Dragway, October 22-24. Tracks that presently compete at the Eastern BWF, with some adjusting.
3. SouthEastern Region- Steele, Ala., Alabama International Dragway, October 29-31. Tracks that presently compete at the Southern BWF, with some adjusting.
4. SouthCentral Region- Shreveport, La., Red River Raceway, November 5-7, 1999. Tracks from the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Western Tennessee.
All four Regions will be treated the same. Individual Regions will continue to be tailored to reflect the input of the Regions' participating track operators.
III. In Summary:
Eventually, both the WCS and BWF Regions will be similar in territory. That
time is a few years away. IHRA has to grow in both racers and racetracks
first. This is the first step of many that will lead to the growth,
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Short synopsis of the 2 months since my previous post:
Selah is walking. I have been training for my 100 mile race. Mike, Selah, and I headed out on our 6th annual summer roadtrip June 8th and have been to Yosemite, Lassen, Redwoods, Oregon Coast, Crater Lake, Seattle (Mike ran the Rock 'n Roll 1/2 marathon), Tahoe, and now Iowa. We have kept ourselves busy running, climbing, biking, visiting friends and family, and generally having a great time. We truly appreciate the fact that we have the opportunity to spend so much quality time with the people we love.
My training for Tahoe has really been years in the making, but most notably I did a 50 miler in May and a road marathon two weeks before the race. A quick note on the marathon...I was trying to use it as a training run, but just can't help but get competitive once that starting line gun goes off. It was a fast and flat marathon and I ended up doing the first half in 1:35, a little fast for me. There was an out and back from miles 5 to 18, so I could see that I was in 3rd place. Instead of being smart and just keeping steady, I decided to start surging to maintain my place. I paid for it later and had a slower second half for a finishing time of 3:24:17 (7:47 pace) and 8th woman of 190. A 6 minute PR, not too shabby.
Between the marathon and Tahoe, I ran only twice and did a few days of hiking. I think the rest was just what I needed, both physically and mentally. I tried not to think about the race and was able to sleep well and eat normally. When I think about racing too much, I tend to have a hard time eating and sleeping, so that was good for me.
My parents, brother and sister-in-law, and us all arrived in Tahoe on Monday, 6 days before the race. We rented a big condo and had wonderful family time full of laughter, conversation, hiking, lake time, climbing, and lots of food and beer.
For those of you that are interested, here is what I had in my drop bag. Note that we went through this aid station a total of 6 times on the course and that my crew was at 3 other points on the course.
- spray on sunscreen (it's easier to spray over very dirty skin)
- baby wipes (SO NICE! I washed my face a few times, as well as other tender areas and I would highly recommend having these available)
- headlamp and batteries
- 4 peanut butter and banana wraps and a few pieces of homemade pizza (I ate only half of one wrap and 1 piece of pizza, they made me sick to my stomach)
- electrolyte caps
- ibuprofen
- caffeine pills (didn't use them)
- blister kit with bandaids, moleskin, skin glue, tape, topical lidocaine
- two long underwear tops
- 5 king size Snicker bars (ate most of them)
- spare water bottle
- shoes borrowed from El 1/2 size larger than mine
- spare shorts, sports bra, and top (didn't use them)
- extra socks (changed into new shoes and socks at mile 50)
- super lightweight windbreaker
- food
Mike drove me to Spooner Lake State Park, the start/finish and 50 mile turnaround. Runners were milling about everywhere and everyone was getting excited. The race volunteers all wore bathrobes, slippers, and curlers in their hair, perfect for lightening the mood. We milled down to the start area and I found another woman that had raised her hand the day before. Off we went into the dark for the start of 100 miles! So anticlimactic, really, as we all started off by walking.
It was 6 miles and a 1500 foot climb to the first aid station above the beautiful Marlette Lake and I took it really easy, running any downhill, walking even the slightest uphill and running some of the flat. I talked to all kinds of people that I would see throughout the long day. From Hobart aid station, we got onto single track and weaved around the west side of Marlette and Harlan Peaks, then had a nice drop into Tunnel Creek aid station at mile 11. A quick weight check and some food in, and off we went on the notorious Red House Loop, a 6.5 mile lollipop type loop that ends back at Tunnel Creek. I was feeling great, so I booked it on the steep downhill to the Red House and power hiked back out, passing many people. To this Colorado girl, a 1200 foot climb in 1.5 miles wasn't as strenuous as they had warned. The only thing slowing me down was that I seemed to have to pee every couple miles.
From Tunnel Creek, the course took us north again towards Diamond Peak ski area. It was flat and rolling for about 8 miles, then 5 miles of downhill to the 30 mile aid station. I felt amazing and ran those 13 miles in just over 2 hours, fast enough for my family to show up 30 minutes after I had left the AS (they were watching live updates online). I think it was a mistake to go so fast, and I paid for it later. I must admit, I was pretty sad and disappointed when I showed up and had no cheering section waiting for me, but I decided I had to get over it and move on. I couldn't let my emotions get me down. Fortunately, Olga caught up to me at the aid station and we were able to climb the steep ski area out of there together, power hiking past guys like they were standing still. We both have some buns of steel to get us up those steep climbs! She was so wonderful to talk to! What an inspiration, with many many many ultras under her belt, a constant smile, and a charming Russian accent. At the top of the ski area, I took a little break in the shade and she took off ahead. She almost went off course at an unmarked turn, but this rookie had pored over the map for enough hours to memorize the course. Thankfully, I turned her around. (A few other runners weren't so lucky: the second place female came roaring past me at mile 40, stating she had gotten lost for 6 miles at that turn, and ended up DNFing in frustration).
From the top of Diamond Peak, the course heads back south to Tunnel Creek, back around Harlan and Marlette Peaks to Hobart Aid station, and then splits slightly east to the top of Snow Valley Peak, mile 42 and the high point of the course (9200'). I was feeling really strong at the top of the peak, had no blisters, had no GI issues, not even a sore muscle. As I left the AS tent, I looked right and heard "Boo!" and found my dad standing there! He had hiked up to meet me and run to the turnaround with me. What a morale boost!! I was so excited and just started talking his ear off, telling him how great I was feeling and how happy I was. In fact, I was feeling so great that he couldn't keep up with me and we were only together for about 1/2 mile. It's funny how an ultra is such an extreme emotional roller coaster, because by the time I got to the bottom of the descent to Spooner Lake, I had nearly talked myself into quitting at 50 miles. I wanted to sit on a rock and wait for my dad and was secretly wishing for some pain somewhere so I could have an excuse to stop.
Well, no such luck. I still had no pain at mile 50 and my brother was practically doing cartwheels in excitement to go back out for another loop with me. I couldn't stop or he would be too sad...so I went out again after 30 minutes of eating, changing shoes, and having Mike wash and doctor up a few hot spots on my feet. Wes and I left the turnaround at 6:00pm, 13 hours after starting the race, 50 miles and 12,000 feet of climbing down, 50 and 12,000 feet to go.
The climb back to Hobart was fairly uneventful, except that Wes was jumping around, hooting, yelling, and generally having more fun than I had ever seen. We left Hobart just before sunset and headed into the open above Lake Tahoe into one of the most fantastic views I have ever witnessed ever ever ever. Alpine glow on Marlette Peak, Lake Tahoe, Marlette Lake, a field of Arrow-leafed Balsam Root, Lupine, Indian Paintbrush, Cinquefoil, Pentstemmon....OMG!! I had just run about 57 miles and was back on top of the world. Wes and I headed toward Tunnel Creek (by the way, we saw the first 100 miler heading back to the finish here, he was nearly 30 miles ahead of us!) and we were RUNNING!! We averaged about 9:00 pace through the rocks in the dark and arrived at Tunnel Creek to find Olga, who had unfortunately decided to DNF. We left Tunnel Creek towards the Red House with rocket fuel in our veins (remember that roller coaster analogy?).
The Red House Loop has gained the reputation as "a taste of Hell". I didn't think it was bad at all the first time around, but it seemed interminable the second time! By the time Wes and I arrived at the bottom of the loop, I had a couple of very sore blisters and started feeling really tired. I basically could not get the energy to run and just walked all the way back to Tunnel Creek. I sat at Tunnel for a while, weighed in (I was peeing literally every 20 minutes or so but had not lost any weight), and left the AS walking at 11:45pm. We ended up walking the next 13 miles, the longest 13 miles EVER. I had been warned not to get into a death march, ie run even though it hurts and avoid the urge to keep walking forever. I should have heeded that advice and at least tried to run, but I could not muster any strength. The 13 mile stretch between Tunnel Creek and the bottom of Diamond Peak ski area was probably the hardest thing I have ever done. Wes turned music on for us and just stayed behind me, constantly telling me I was doing great and trying to encourage me. I remembered a couple of significant turns and kept waiting for them to arrive, but we just seemed to never get there. What had taken me 2 hours on the previous lap took 4:20 the second time. I essentially gave up, quit eating and drinking, and decided to quit as soon as we got to Diamond Peak. I could only imagine crawling into the bed in back of the van and having Mike drive me back to the condo while I slept. I only wanted to sleep, it completely consumed my thoughts. Several times, I sat down on rocks and begged Wes to run down and get Mike to come carry me to the van. I was done. Completely depleted. Over it. Thought it absolutely impossible to go out for another 20 miles. Pissed off. This is the stupidest thing I have ever done. I will never ever do this again and I don't care what anyone thinks. And on and on, you get the picture.
Well, the turns did eventually arrive and I actually did eventually make it to the ski area and immediately crawled into the van to go to sleep as planned. Mike, on the other hand, had been warned by me for months that I would try to do this and his job was to not let me do it. "This is different, you don't understand! I really am done! Quit being such an asshole and let me go to sleep!". Well, darn, he wouldn't listen and made me get out of the van "for a med check, I think you should get weighed to make sure everything is ok". He was totally working me. He wrapped me up in a blanket and helped me walk to the officials, whom I told I was quitting. Mike: "No, no, no, let's just go rest in the lodge for a bit". Me: "No, I'm quitting, you're such an asshole, why won't you let me sleep?! We went into the lodge, he made me eat some chicken soup and I fell asleep sitting up in the chair.
When Mike went to the bathroom, I sneaked back to the van and crawled into bed, ignoring Wes' pleas to have me try again. I dozed on and off between Mike and Wes trying to get me to eat and drink, and eventually the sun came back up. Then Mike pulled out the big guns, he called Sari, my uber tough Primal Quest winning friend. She knows what blisters feel like. She knows what exhausted feels like. She also knows what persevering through it feels like and what success at the end feels like. She told me to put on a new pair of shoes and "just try walking, just a little bit, just try" and I barely got out the words "I'll think about it" between sobs. Then Mike started gyrating his hips to "Freaky Girl" in front of me, claiming I was really going to miss out if I missed his special playlist.
I tried not to laugh, cuz gosh darnit, I was determined to stay mad. But I laughed. And then I put on a different pair of shoes. And then I walked across the parking lot. And then I tried, just a little bit. Wes was still on fire and amped beyond belief, so he decided to stay with me and Mike instead of having Mike take his place.
We hiked and laughed and started having fun and got to Snow Valley Peak aid station, mile 93 and all downhill to the finish. It was then that I realized I was actually going to finish this race. We ran almost the entire way to the end, passing another several runners in the process, and ended up with just over 6 hours for the 20 miles, the same pace I had done it on the first loop.
I crossed the finish line in 32:19, 11th out of 13 finishing females and 47th of 60 finishers overall. 57 of 117 had DNF'd. I persevered. Then I drank a well-deserved beer.
There is absolutely no way I would have succeeded without my mom helping me get prepped, my parents and Stef watching Selah, Wes indomitable spirit for 50 miles, Mike's excitement. This was a family affair.
Will I do it again? Yesterday I said absolutely not. Today I say probably not. Tomorrow, who knows. I truly think that marathons and 50s are more my thing, but i guess we'll just have to see.
What I learned:
- Sitting still for a few minutes at every aid station to eat, drink, and recover was a good idea. When I blazed through, I paid for it later. When I took the time to rest, I felt energized.
- Eat and drink constantly. I drank about 8 gallons of water through the course. I ate a few king-size snickers, several chicken and avocado burritos, a piece of pizza, a few cheese sticks, lots of chips, a couple of ham sandwiches, a grilled cheese sandwich, a breakfast burrito, loads of watermelon and canteloupe, a few small smoothies, a peach, a few cups of soup, M&M's, jelly beans, half of a gel (made me gag) and lots more that I can't remember right now.
- Sugary electrolyte drink almost always makes me nauseous. I tried in the beginning and it had the same affect, so I took electrolyte caps every hour with water.
- Sometimes it takes 3 hours and lots of encouragement to get moving again, but once you just get moving, you feel better than you think you will. Make sure you have your crew prepared to talk you into things you don't want to do.


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Currently there are no books of business for sale.
Once a potential buyer has completed their due diligence and decides to submit an offer to purchase a book of business, they will need to submit their offer in writing. The offer should contain basic information about the potential purchaser, the proposed purchase price, and any other information that the purchaser wants the Receiver to consider when evaluating the offer. If additional information is needed, the Receiver will contact the potential purchaser during the evaluation period.
Please mail or fax the offer to the Receiver using the below contact information:
Florida Department of Financial Services
Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation
Attn: Administration
325 John Knox Road
Atrium Building, Suite 101
Tallahassee, FL 32303
FAX Number: 850-413-3992
Once the Receiver receives submitted offers from all interested buyers, it will evaluate each submitted offer independently. You will then be notified as to whether your offer is acceptable or not. If your offer is accepted, the Receiver will notify you and then next step will be to proceed with the execution of an agreement.


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"He was funny, but we needed that. There's a lot of truth in that humor."
—Lillie Reynolds of Herndon
Why are you an Obama supporter?
*The question was asked of people standing in line before President Barack Obama's speech on Friday at George Mason University.
"I'm a recent college graduate, and I'm looking for a job. I think President Obama will help the economy. Thanks to President Obama, I can still be on my parent's insurance plan, and that is so amazing and important to me and a lot of other people my age.
—Kelauni Cook, a Howard University graduate, of Springfield
Lillie Reynolds, a single mother from Herndon with four daughters, stood in line for nearly five hours to hear President Barack Obama speak for 25 minutes at a campaign rally at George Mason University on Friday, Oct. 19.
"He was funny, but we needed that," said Reynolds after the president's quip-filled speech, during which he debuted the catchphrase "Romnesia."
According to Obama, his GOP rival Mitt Romney has come down with a bad case of "Romnesia" because Romney has "conveniently forgotten" his own positions on issues important to women and their families, like saying he'd be "delighted" to sign a law outlawing a woman's right to choose in all cases.
"There's a lot of truth in that humor," Reynolds said. "No one here has forgotten one word of what Governor Romney said when it comes to our rights."
Reynolds said she has a very personal reason for supporting Obama. "Two of my daughters are disabled, and I take care of them," she said. "Obamacare is critical to me."
"Romney said he would repeal Obamacare on his first day in office. That scares me."
—Terri O'Reilly of Fairfax Station
"I don't believe for a second that Governor Romney cares about folks like me. We're the little people to him," Reynolds continued. "He says what you want to hear to make you feel good. He has an entitled, arrogant attitude."
Reynold's coworker, Rosemary Osei, who recently became an American citizen, said this is the first time she will be voting.
"This is exciting for me," Osei said. "I've been paying attention to both candidates. President Obama is the only candidate who seems to care about immigration issues or who appreciates diversity."
Osei, who originally hails from Ghana, said she believes more Americans should take voting seriously. "It's one of the best things about being an American."
FRIDAY'S EVENT was the president's second visit to Fairfax in as many weeks, and part of both major party candidates' round-the-clock campaign blitz through key battleground states, including Virginia, Ohio and Florida.
Although he is still facing a cliffhanger re-election attempt, the president joked with the crowd of 10,000 supporters. Hands in his pockets, he riffed several jokes when the crowd started chanting back the punch line.
"If you say you'll protect a woman's right to choose, but you stand up at a primary debate and said that you'd be delighted to sign a law outlawing that right to choose in all cases—man, you've definitely got Romnesia."
"If you say that you're a champion of the coal industry when, while you were governor, you stood in front of a coal plant and said, this plant will kill you—you might have…"
"Romnesia," the crowd chanted back.
The stump speech was squarely aimed at women voters who, political analysts say, form a formidable voting block in northern Virginia.
"Virginia is a battleground state, and the president knows he needs to get the support of women here," said Toni-Michelle Travis, a GMU associate professor of government and politics and editor of "The Almanac of Virginia Politics."
To that end, the pre-speech line-up included Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Nan Johnson, a retired teacher from Herndon, who both lauded Obama's support for issues affecting women.
"When Romney said he didn't know where to find qualified women during the second debate, that bothered me so much I almost stopped listening," Johnson said. "But then he said 'If you're going to have women in the workforce, you're going to have to be more flexible…' This is 2012, not 1912. Women having jobs is not a hypothetical."
U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11) also got the crowd fired up by referencing Romney's comments on women in the workplace during the second debate.
"You might remember I'm originally from the commonwealth of Massachusetts," Connolly said, holding up some blue binders. "And I found those 'binders full of women.'"
"I'm a small-business owner, and my main issue is that nobody seems to be minding the checkbook. You can blame your predecessor all you want, but I blame [Obama] for his actions in office from day one until now. He's had four years to reverse the economic trend. His track record with me is poor."
—Darren Williams, who owns Hawkeye Productions in Springfield
ONE DAY LATER, in a Springfield shopping center off Old Keene Mil Road, Romney supporters were handing out dozens of Romney signs to voters. In a few hours, the group handed out nearly 50 Romney signs.
Darren Williams, who owns Hawkeye Productions, said he believes Romney is the candidate who will stabilize the economy and give Americans a sense of financial security.
"I'm a small-business owner, and my main issue is that nobody seems to be minding the checkbook." Williams said. "You can blame your predecessor all you want, but I blame [Obama] for his actions in office from day one until now. He's had four years to reverse the economic trend. His track record with me is poor."
Justice Johnson, an 18-year-old Lake Braddock senior, has been making calls for Romney. "I'm worried about the economy and get a job after college."
Johnson, who said he became more interested in politics this year after taking a government class and listening to the candidates, said he was impressed with Romney's personal business success. "I feel like Governor Romney's economic policies are the best for business."
Brandon Schall, 24, a recent graduate of Christopher Newport University who also campaigns for Romney, said he doesn't get caught up in the "partisan hype" of the elections.
"I feel we all have our part to do as Americans. In the end, it's not jokes and taking shots at each other. It's not about being a Republican or a Democrat. It's about doing your civic duty as Americans by voting."